Karoo Ecological Patterns and Processes

Name: Karoo Ecological Patterns and Processes
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ISBN: 9780521126878

ISBN-10: 0521126878

ISBN-13: 9780521126878

Edition: N/A

Authors: W. Richard J. Dean, Suzanne Milton

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Book details

List price: $71.95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgements



The Driving Variables




The climate of the Karoo - a functional approach




Soils of the arid south-western zone of Africa




Paleoenvironments




Plant biogeography, endemism and diversity




Biogeography, endemism and diversity of animals




Form and Function




Form and function in perennial plants




Functional aspects of annual and biennial plants




Plant reproductive ecology




Animal form and function




Animal foraging and food




Dynamics




Population-level dynamics




Community patterns and dynamics




Modelling populations and community dynamics in Karoo ecosystems




Spatially explicit computer simulation models - tools for understanding vegetation dynamics and supporting rangeland management




Human Impacts




Hunters and herders in the Karoo landscape




Historical and contemporary land use and the desertification of the Karoo




Alien plant invaders of the Karoo: attributes, impacts and control




Comparison of ecosystem processes in the Nama Karoo and other deserts




The Succulent Karoo in a global context: plant structural and functional concepts comparison with North American winter rainfall deserts




The Karoo: past and present



References


Index